Abanja Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Abanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 106 | 1:435,659 | 23,420 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Abanja Demographics
Abanja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Abanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abanja occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abanja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Abanja is the 1,649,806th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The last name Abanja is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Abanja reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Abanja is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 106 people, or 1 in 435,659. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 46 percent are found, Trans Nzoia County, where 45 percent are found and Kisumu County, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Kenya it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 9 percent are found and Niger, where 2 percent are found.
Abanja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Abanja last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Abanja
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